†Tethepomyia thauma Grimaldi and Cumming 1999 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Tethepomyiidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and J. M. Cumming. 1999. Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 239:1-121
Belongs to Tethepomyia according to D. A. Grimaldi and P. Barden 2016
See also Grimaldi and Cumming 1999
Sister taxa: Tethepomyia buruhandi, Tethepomyia coxa, Tethepomyia zigrasi
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-599, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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